Veggie Sides
Spring Vegetables with Tecolote Farms I: Green Garlic
Spring is here and even better – So are spring veggies! If you can’t grow them in your own garden, then there is no better way to enjoy them than through a local farm CSA.…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Hubele Family Kohlrabi Soup
So, long ago, back in an earlier chapter of my life, I taught at Heidelberg American High and after a full day of reigning in teenagers I spent my evenings trying to keep up with…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Charred Corn and Avocado Salad
School may be back in session but the heat is still on and corn is still plentiful. This corn salad certainly celebrates all of the last tastes and textures of summer and would be a welcome addition…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Watermelon Gazpacho
This may be called watermelon gazpacho but it tastes exactly like summer. Every bite is absolutely loaded to the brim with summer flavors. Spicy freshly-plucked-from-the-garden Serrano chilies, sweet juicy watermelon that cracks wide open on…
Lauren’s Kitchen: How About a Summer Reset?
Yes, it is true that in my dream world all of you would be following a plant-based diet to the “T” day in and out and no one would need a reset. Then there is…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Zucchini Agrodolce
Its only late June but there are plenty of local choices for zucchini and summer squash, both of which are equally good in this light, flavorful salad. By August you will be happy to have…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Roasted or Grilled Veggies with Romesco
I love the simplicity of washing and chopping a selection of seasonal vegetables, tossing them with coconut or olive oil, a dash of Himalayan sea salt and letting them roast away or cook on the…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Potato, Green Bean and Asparagus Salad
Ok I admit I have a salad thing going but seriously with these sultry spring days I don’t think anything sounds better in the evening than a bowlful of spring veggies tossed in the perfect…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Spring Gratitude Bowls
The name alone of this gorgeous recipe would win it a feature spot on my blog but now that I’ve made this for dinner it also wins for taste! Filled with all the yummy flavors of spring…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Ana Jones’ California Miso Avocado Salad
It is definitely coming. We’ve moved our clocks forward, there is sunshine in the forecast and we are 11 days from the official start of SPRING! Let’s celebrate and bring on the salads, chock full of…
Lauren’s Kitchen: Hearty Dinner Salad
Hearty Seasonal Dinner Salad anyone? Bring it on! There are so many good things to say about this delicious salad created by Choosing Raw author Gena Hamshaw I don’t know where to begin. Here’s hopefully enough teasers that…